1324 BuUdin //, United States Natioiial Museum. 



us. {serruJa, a little saw, a translation of the French name " Petite-Scie," 

 used at Martinique.) 



Pristipoma serrula, CnviER & Valenciennes, Hiat. Nat. Poiss., v, 272, 1830, Martinique. 

 Pristipoma auratum, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hi.st. Nat. Poi.ss., v, 272, Martinique. 

 Anisotremus serrula, Jordan & Feslee, I. c, 487. 



543. CONODON, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Gonodon, Citvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 156, 1830 {antillaims —nohilis). 



This genus is close to Pomadasis, from which it is sejiarated by the 

 enlarged outer teeth and by the peculiar armature of the preopercle, which 

 is very sharply serrate, the serriB at the angle enlarged, those before the 

 angle turned forward. Body oblong; soft rays of dorsal and anal more 

 or less scaly ; second anal spine large. American. (k(Sj'o?, cone; oScbv, 

 tooth.) 



o. B.ick distinctly elevated and compressed, the depth 3^ in body; dorsal fins low, 

 fourth spiue the longest, 1 J in head ; longest dorsal ray 2J in head; outer teeth 

 much enlarged. NOBILIS, 1693. 



aa. Back not elevated, the depth 3| in body; dorsal tin higher than in nobilis, fourth 

 spine the longest, 2| in head ; longest dorsal ray 3 in head ; outer teeth little 

 enlarged. serrifer, 1694. 



ima. tOXODOX XOBILIS (Linnaus). 



Head 3^ ; depth 3^. D. XI— I, 13; A. Ill, 7; scales 6-55-13. Back dis- 

 tinctly elevated and compressed, the depth about equal to length of head; 

 dorsal tins low, fourth and longest spine If in head, longest dorsal ray 2^ 

 in head; second anal spine very long and strong, higher than the soft 

 rays, more than I length of head; second dorsal spine about I length of 

 third; pectorals narrow, about reaching vent; teeth of outer series en- 

 larged, stout; preorbital at its least width more than i diameter of eye. 

 Air bladder with 2 short horns in front. Color silvery, darker above, 

 with 8 dark bars, which extend on sides below level of pectoral; sides 

 with light yellowish streaks in life; dorsal spines silvery. West Indies; 

 coast of Texas to Brazil; on sandy shores. Length about a foot. This 

 species is not rare in the West Indies, and is more common on the coast 

 of Brazil. {7iobilts, noble.) 



Perca nohilis, Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 191, 1758, North America. 

 Scicvnaplumieri, Bloch, Ichthyol., Vl, 66, taf. 306, 1791, Martinique. 

 Scicena coro, Bloch, I. c, pi. 307, fig. 2, 1791, Brazil ; after Coro coro, Maecwrave. 

 Gheilodipterus chrysopterus, Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 542, pi. 33, fig. 1, 1802. 

 Gonodon antillanus, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hi.st. Niit. Poiss., v, 156, 1830, Jamaica. 

 Pristipoma coro, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 266, 1830. 

 Gonodon plumieri, Gunther, Cat., I, 304, 1859. 

 Gonodon nobilis, Jordan & Fesler, I. c, 488. 



1G94. COXODO.\ SERRIFER, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 3.| in length to base of candal; depth 3i. D. XI— I, 12; A. HI, 7; 

 scales 6-53-15. Body comparatively elongate, elliptical, little compressed, 

 the dorsal and ventral outlines regularly and nearly equally curved, the 

 back not much elevated and not specially compressed. Head rather short, 



